Joy to the World

Happy Sunday! Can you believe that three weeks from today is Christmas day?? I am soooo not ready! I need time to slow down a little...just for a day or two!
Today marks the start of a new colour challenge over at Sunday Stamps. It is one that simply begs to be used on a Christmas card...

Here is my festive take on it:

I pulled out my poor neglected Festive Flower punch and some Real Red card stock and got busy. I stamped each of the punched petals using the Reason for the Season stamp set and then began assembling my poinsettia. Once I had it all put together I added some festive sparkle with the clear Wink of Stella.

How did I ever craft without that magical glitter brush?? I assembled my card front on a piece of sheet music-printed DSP from the This Christmas specialty pack. Being a musician, I have used a TON of that stuff this year! I layered the DSP on a slightly larger Real Red card stock panel and mounted that on a Kraft card stock base. See that copper-coloured doily in the background? That's one of the gold metallic doilies that I heat embossed using copper embossing powder....love the way it turned out!

The sentiment is from the Tin of Tags stamp set. I heat embossed it in copper and die-cut it using the new Stitched Shapes framelits. I love that simple detail that adds so much. The finishing touch on my poinsettia was some pearls that I coloured with a copper sharpie...easy peasy.

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla card stock panel on which I stamped some of the pine sprigs in Garden Green ink and the sentiment from the Reason for the Season stamp set in Real Red.

This colour challenge is most certainly festive...why not give it a try as you are working on your holiday projects and then be sure to share it with us over at Sunday Stamps. Have a super Sunday!

 Product List

Reason For The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [139730] $26.00	Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set [142180] $26.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $10.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00
Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201] $10.00	Kraft 12" X 12" Card Stock [133674] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper [141628] $17.00
Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $5.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] $8.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies [141851] $34.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $40.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $6.75	Festive Flower Builder Punch [139682] $23.50
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $10.75

Making Spirits Bright

Happy Friday!! Wahoo! We made it to the weekend after our first 5-day week at school. Before I get to today's project I thought I'd remind you that the final group of products for the Special Offers promotion is now available. If you love Project Life as much as I do, you'll LOVE these deals!

142690 $24.00 13.50	142684 $24.00 13.50	141666 $21.00 12.00	141668 $21.00 12.00
142687 $24.00 13.50	141706 $46.00 26.25

Now, this weekend I'm going to be all about prepping for my upcoming Christmas card buffet, so I thought I'd show you one of the projects that will be available:

Here I combined a couple of stamp sets from the new Holiday Catalogue with some new DSP and an embossing folder from the Annual Catalogue. I love it when I can pull together multiple products and they work well on a project. The Mint Macaron background layer is embossed using the Holly TIEF and adhered to a card base in Emerald Envy card stock. The DSP is from the Presents and Pinecones pack and is layered on a piece of Emeral Envy card stock.

The sleigh image is from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set and is stamped in Basic Gray ink. I die-cut it using the coordinating Santa's Sleigh thinlits. The wreath is heat embossed in silver on Emerald Envy card stock and also die-cut using the Santa's Sleigh thinlits. The sentiment, from the Tin of Tags stamp set, is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and die-cut using the Layering Circles framelits. I layered that on a silver foil scalloped circle, also die-cut using the Layered Circles framelits. The only embellishments are some silver metallic thread and some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink and the wreath in Mint Macaron. I added a little stamped bow in Cherry Cobbler.

I really am loving the Santa's Sleigh bundle...stay tuned for more projects featuring this awesome set of products.  In the meantime, have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!


Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057] $26.00	Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set [142180] $26.00	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $10.00	Emerald Envy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141415] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $9.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $6.75
Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141634] $10.00	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278] $40.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00	Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $4.00	Baker's Twine Trio Pack [141999] $12.00